The Second Annual BACKPACKER Cover Contest

You’ve been to amazing places and brought back the proof: amazing photos. Now take your images to the next level and enter our Cover Contest.

In addition to seeing his or her shot on the cover fo the 2019 November Issue, the winner will receive a callout in BACKPACKER & a Tamron SP 150-600mm Di VC USD G2 ultra telephoto lens (a $1,399 value) with superb performance and top image stabilization. 

All entrants will receive a $50 bonus mail-in rebate for USA entrants only for purchase of a Tamron SP 150-600mm Di VC USD G2 (model A022) at any authorized Tamron USA retailer.

Before you get started download our PDF guidelines and tips for shooting the perfect BACKPACKER cover.

THE WINNING IMAGE WILL BE PUBLISHED on the cover of the October 2018 issue. Now go out and start hiking—and shooting.

The Best of 2017’s Cover Contest

2017 Cover Contest Winning Photo by Nina McIntosh

A walk in the park

Photo by Kyle Ledeboer

Don’t let the smile fool you…

Photo by Armando Hernandez

Hiking up to sunset

Photo by Erin Sublette

Grand Tetons

Photo by Colton Jacobs

Balancing On Layers 

Photo by Jennifer Carr

Morning at the Matterhorn

Photo by Christian Burris

McAfee Knob, Appalachian Trail

Photo by Dani Parsons

Backpacking among the sequoias in Jenny Lakes Wilderness, CA

Photo by Matt Bloomfield

Greeting the sun on our way to paradise.

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